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1989 Honda CRX DX
Ah…the 1989 DX. My first car. 92 horses and a hardcore four-speed auto tranny. It was mint when I bought it, and three steps below salvageable when I sold it. No one ever told me you had to change oil… So after 30K miles, we parted ways. Est. 1/4-mile? 12 seconds flat… from a 75mph roll. -
1991 Mercury Capri XR2
The fastest car I ever owned. Fuel economy sucked, so I sold it. A lot of fun anecdotes revolve around this car, but I couldn’t handle 19mpg. -
1990 Mazda 323
Tokico HP shocks, Eibach Pro-Kit springs, Corksport strut + sway bars, Hella fog and driving lamps…and 88hp. The most fun car I ever took a corner in… but probably an 18 second 1/4 mile -
1995 Geo Prizm
Old reliable just won’t die. Probably the best car I’ve ever owned, and definitely faster than any of my Hondas, but it’s about as thrilling as riding the Kangaroo at Kennywood. I’ve now owned this car longer than every other (aside from my #1) and I’ll probably still have this car in five years. Not that I’m particularly excited about it. -
1993 Saturn SC1
A rolling Tupperware container with 85hp… does it get any better than that? -
1987 Honda Accord LXi
The very HEIGHT of LUXURY in 1987! Power windows AND power steering! Two entire LITERS of motor cranking out a beefy 100 HORSEPOWER. A POWER MOONROOF! Driving this car was like being the king of Micronesia. Too bad it couldn’t hold an alignment and became the General Ree.
Accord jumping: http://www.performancemod.com/vision/files/videos/v/accord_jumping_a_bridge.rm
Accord as battering ram: http://www.performancemod.com/vision/files/videos/v/FIRETURD.RM
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1990 Honda CRX HF
All the looks of a sports car with none of the pesky horsepower. 62 horses and about 62 mpg on the highway. But don’t get me wrong: I miss the Bondomobile. Especially since I forgot some laundry in it when I sold it. -
1984 Honda Civic 1500S
The smog machine. The 1500S was the performance model for 1984, so this thing was at least as fast as the Saturn… Too bad it had 340000 miles, and my dad let a hack rebuild the engine (forgetting to do the piston rings and forgetting to put the oil plug back in). Engine blew up less than 50 miles after I picked it up. -
1994 Geo Metro XFi
The car that lost me my license. With its 45 horses (noticing a trend?), I don’t know how I expected to keep my relatively clean driving record. I was clocked doing 60 in a 25. I was only doing 40. So I asked the cop what he was smoking to think that I could possibly be going that fast in third gear in a three-banger Metro. Five points on my license and nearly $400 bucks. That’s more than I paid for the car. -
1986 Honda CRX DX
Yet another old Honda. -
1985 Honda Prelude Si
See #10. -
1986 Toyota Hilux 2WD
Found it in a field behind one of my dad’s apartment buildings. My dad found the owner and he gave the truck to me. For three weeks in July I did nothing but drift it (on studded snow tires) around the North Hills. Then the engine blew up and shot massive fireballs from the exhaust. Now that I think about it, this one should be #1 for the initial investment-to-fun ratio. -
1988 VW GTI 16v
Fucking garbage. Electrical nightmare. -
1981 Ford Crown Victoria
Worst car ever. Tranny shit itself after four hours. I think this thing went through a tank of gas from Etna to Wexford. This thing was Found On Road Dead shortly after I bought it.